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After Peavy’s second-straight disastrous outing on Wednesday, where he gave up seven runs on eight hits, he is now 1-3 with a 9.00 ERA. His fastball is topping out at 89 miles per hour when it used to be around 92 miles per hour.
Peavy’s stuff is the flattest it’s ever been in his career, and he has lost his ability to command the ball so far this year. And it shows on the baseball card with his 1.90 WHIP this year.
Matt Cain, on the other hand, has great stuff–a 92 mile-per-hour fastball, great bite on the offspeed stuff, good change-up, but he is still 0-3 with a 7.